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Community Service
On October 26, 2007 a party was held in downtown Orlando and hailed as a "Celebration of Thanks and Giving," Shaw Mechanical Services, LLC, thanked those who have helped make the Company's first five years in business a success, and outlined its corporate giving alliance with The Destiny Foundation of Central Florida, a food assistance program for the working poor. David Shaw, president and founder of the mechanical services company, outlined a three-point charitable plan that includes:
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The Destiny Foundation, founded in 2001 by Pastor Scott George, was created to allow the working poor to invest sweat equity in the Foundation's grocery store in exchange for the ability to reduce their monthly food budget. Please visit www.battlehunger.org for more information.
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- A Significant Monetary donation
- 80 hours of annual Paid-Volunteer-Time for Shaw's employees to work at the Foundation
- Free comprehensive full maintenance service for the 72 tons of HVAC equipment at the Foundation's 35,000-square-foot complex
These three components of "Treasure, Time and Talent" represent a $15,000 annual investment from SMS to The Destiny Foundation.
"We selected The Destiny Foundation because this dynamic organization is changing the lives of the working poor in our own community by giving them a hand and not a hand-out," said Shaw. "We share many of these same values so it's an honor to be working with Pastor George and his team."
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Shaw Mechanical employees volunteer time at Destiny Foundation
ORLANDO, Fla., August 1, 2008 - Donning "Battle Poverty" tee-shirts, employees of Shaw Mechanical Services LLC are volunteering today at the Destiny Foundation of Central Florida as part of the mechanical contracting company three-point corporate giving program announced in October 2007 composed of a monetary donation, 80-hours of employee paid-volunteer-time and in-kind maintenance service for the Foundation's 72-tons of HVAC equipment.
In January, Shaw Mechanical presented Destiny Foundation with a check for $5,000, and has already provided $7,000 in service on the Foundation's 72-tons of HVAC equipment.
"Our staff is very excited to be able to assist at the Destiny Foundation through our company's paid-volunteer-time program," said David Shaw, president and founder, Shaw Mechanical Services.
The Destiny Foundation's volunteer time goal for 2008 is 5,000 hours. To date, the Foundation has been the beneficiary of 3,000 hours of time from volunteers.
"In this rough economy that we face here in Central Florida, the Destiny Foundation is so grateful to have partners like Shaw Mechanical who daily demonstrate compassion and action to those in need," said Scott George, founder and president, Destiny Foundation, Orlando, Fla.
(Photo caption: L. to R. Tony Higdon, Destiny Foundation; Jack Byrd, Ken Eggert, Deb Senn, Wesley Schultz, Lori Williams, Shaw Mechanical Services; Pastor Scott George, Destiny Foundation; Valerie Shadick, David Shaw, Lisa Shaw, Shaw Mechanical Services)
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